Sink and draining board, particularly for domestic use



Feb. 4, 193 v o. T. WEBBER 2,029,802

SINK AND DRAINING BOARD, PARTICULARLY FOR DOMESTIC USE Filed Aug. 11.1934 a .Zrwealf;

Owe/W I webbe/g Federated Feb. 4, W36

SINK AND DRARNENG BGARD, PARTICU- LARLY FGR DQMES'EHC USE Owen ThomasWebber, London, England Application August 11,

In Great Britain July 6,

11 Claims. (Cl. 4-189) The present invention relates to improvements insinks and draining boards, particularly for domestic use.

The object of the invention is to provide means whereby integral metalsinks and draining boards may be readily constructed to cover acomparatively large range of choice in types and overall sizes in aparticularly cheap and convenient manner.

According to the invention there is provided a method of constructingdifferent types of in-- tegral metal sink and draining board units tosuit individual requirements which comprises forming a plurality ofdifferent parts so as to conform to a predetermined standard, forexample, fillet members, sinks and draining boards arranging at leastone fillet member or draining board, at least one sink, and a drainingboard, with the edges thereof disposed so as to engage or partiallyinterlock with each other and welding together the edges of the selectedcombination from the standard parts so as to form a complete unit.

By employing this method oiimanufa'cturing the complete unit, it ispossible to build up a large range of styles or types with manydifferent overall sizes from the same comparatively few stock parts andit will be appreciated that by this means a large saving in cost ofmaterial, machinery and manufacture may be achieved, as there is nonecessity to manufacture each type or size of integral unit by a specialoperation, which must necessitate either a large amount of manual workinvolving large production costs, or the use of a large amount ofspecial machinery, which also adds largely to the cost of production onaccount of the substantial investment necessary in power presses and theneed of providing separate dies for each size of unit.

The invention will be hereinafter more particularly described withreference to the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure 1 illustrates a draining board, sink and fillet arranged inposition for assembly;

Figure 2 illustrates a method of assembling two sinks adjacent to oneanother;

Figure 3 illustrates in detail the filler strip shown in Figure 2 Figure4 illustrates in side elevation a combined sink and draining boardprovided with an apron and drawer, and

Figure 5 illustrates a sectional end elevation on the line 5-5 of Figure4.

Referring to the drawing, a sink unit is built up of a fillet member ordraining board, at least one sink and a draining board.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figure'l of the drawing, the sink unitis arranged to bebuilt up of one fillet member, one sink and a drainingheard, these portions of the unit being designated ".g", B and Crespectively. It will be appre- 1934, Serial No. 739,477

ciated that a large number of combinations may be formed by combiningthe sections A, B and C in different combinations with'at least onesec.- tion B always forming a part of the combination.

For instance from a stock of one size of draining 5 boards, C, one sizeof sink B and a stock of fillets A, six combinations at leastmay bebuilt up. If in addition to a standard fillet three difierent sizes ofsink and three different sizes of draining boards are kept in stock,over two hundred difierent types of sink units may be manufactured. Inanyone series the dimensions of the sinks B and draining boards C fromfront to back thereof will of necessity be the same, but the lengththereof can be arranged so that they will all be different. In additionto the above types of units additional features such as an apron,drawers, legs, cupboards and the like may be added and it will beappreciated that with these additions the number of different types ofsink units which 20 may be constructed from a small number of stockparts becomes very large.

The section B comprising the sink is formed with portions of the filleton the front and back edges thereof while the section C comprising the 5draining board is formed with portions of the fillet disposed aroundthree sides thereof. By this means irrespective of the combination ofthe sections A, B and C which may be employed a complete fillet willextend continuously around the whole of the edge of the sink unit.

Referring particularly to the construction illustrated in Figure 1, thefillet which completely surrounds the sink unit is formed in fourdifferent portions. These portions are the section A, the portions Ddisposed on the front and back edges of the sink 3 and the portion Esurrounding three sides of the draining board C. As illustrated mostclearly in section B of Figure 1 the fillet is of substantiallyrectangular section being arranged to form a partially enclosed channelaround the edge of the unit. The fillet is formed with a vertical wall 4extending upwardly and integrally from the upper edge of the sink 2 orthe surface of the draining board C and with a horizontal wall 5extending from the upper edge of the vertical wall 6. Depending from thefree edge of the horizontal wall 5 is a second vertical wall 6 arrangedparallel to the wall 5 and extending inwardly from the lower edge of thewall 6 is a further horizontal wall i arranged parallel to the wall 5but out of engagement with the wall 4 whereby the fillet only partiallyencloses a space of substantially rectangular section. In the section Awhich forms a portion of the fillet, the wall t is curved at the endsthereof to conform with the rounded corners of the sink 2. Furthermore,the ends of the section A are partially cut away so that the uppersurface of the fillet at the positions 30 where the curved ends of 'thewall 4 terminate projects out from the remainder of the surface.

As mentioned above, the corners of the sink 2 are rounded while thevertical wall 4 of the fillet portion D is straightso that the ends 8 oflar recesses cut in the ends of the section A so that the section A ofthe fillet joins up with the sink 2 in such a manner that the section Ais continuous with the portions D of the fillet. Furthermore, theprojecting portions of the section A interlock with the edge of the sinkso that when the two sections of the unit are seam welded together avery satisfactory joint is obtained.

The edge of the draining board C which engages with the edge of the sink2 remote from the fillet A is shaped to conform to the edge of the sink.The edge of the board projects beyond the ends of the fillet portion Eand consequently when the edges of the sink and draining board arebrought together they interlock in the same manner as the sections A andD thus allowing a satisfactory seam weld to be effected.

Figure 2 illustrates a method of constructing 'a modification where morethan one sink is employed. The sinks 9 and ID are of identicalconstruction with the sink portion B illustrated in Figure 1 and arearranged to be secured together .by seam welding the ends of the filletportions D,

D on the front and back edges thereof and seam welding a filler strip llshown more clearly in Figure 3 to the adjacent side edges of the twosinks;

By this means it is possible to provide a unit including two sinks inclose proximity to each other and separated by a narrow metal stripdisposed slightly below the upper surface of the fillets.

Figures 4 and 5 illustrate a combined sink and draining board similar inconstruction to that shown in Figure 1 and in addition provided with anapron l2 and a drawer l3. 'I'he apron l2 which is formed of sheet metalis secured to. the unit by bending over at right angles a small theunder side of the fillet. The fillet although integral with the sectionsassociated therewith will comprise four separate portions A, D, E, Dhereinbefore described which are seam welded together. The drawer I3 isadded to the unit by welding the drawer frame M to the underside of thedraining board. Alternatively, the drawer frame may be welded to theapron which is in turn welded to the under side of the fillet. Thedrawer l3 which may be of any convenient type is provided with guidemembers at each side thereof which are arranged to slide incorresponding grooves provided in the drawer frame M. It will beappreciated that instead of one drawer two or more drawers may beprovided particularly if a draining board is provided at each side ofthe sink.

If required a splash back may be readily provided by welding the saidback to the rear edge or fillet of the sink and drainingboard. A furthermodified form which may also be constructed consists of a combined sinkand draining board supported on legs. The legs which may be formed oftubular metal are welded to the under sides of the draining board andsink at convenient positions. Instead of the drawer frame l4 illustratedin Figures 4 and 5, cupboards, racks or shelves may be suspended fromthe unit by welding these to the under side of the draining board or toan apron and may be employed for accommodating kitchen utensils such asbrushes, bowls and the like which are necessary at a sink.

The method of constructing the units in accordance with the presentinvention makes it possible to manufacture the units much more cheaplythan would be the case if the units were manufacturedfrom single piecesof sheet metal. As mentioned above the saving in cost is to a largeextent due to the fact that there is no necessity to employ a largeamount of machinery, but there is also saving in cost as the metalemployed is much cheaper than the metal which would have to be employedif a unit of great length was made from a single piece of metal.

For instance to make a unit with one sink andtwo draining boards, thesheet metal area involved would be such that it would be necessary toemploy specially rolled metal of high quality at an extra cost per poundwhile if the same sink is built up from'smaller sheet metal areas by themethod hereinbefore described, a cheaper price per pound for the samequality metal prevailswhich can moreover be more economically used withless wastage to achieve equally satisfactory results. Y

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesis:

1. An integral metal sink and draining board unit built up of a numberof parts welded together which comprise an end fillet member, at leastone self contained sink and a draining board interchangeable with saidend fillet member each provided with an edge of such configuration as toengage and partially interlock with a corresponding edge of an adjacentpart and welded together at said edges. I

2. An integral metal sink and draining board unit built up of a numberof parts welded together which comprise at least one self-contained sinkand two interchangeable draining boards each provided with edges of suchconfiguration as to engage and partially interlock with correspondingedges of an adjacent part and welded together at said edges.

3. A method of constructing an integral metal sink and draining boardunit comprising a selfcontained sink and a draining board surrounded bya continuous fillet which comprises the steps of forming a rectangularsink with fillet members integral therewith on the front and back edgesthereof, forming a draining board with fillet members integral therewitharound three sides thereof, forming an individual end fillet membersimilar to the said fillet members integral with the said sink and thesaid draining board, providing edges on said sink, draining board andindividual end fillet member of such configuration as to engage andpartially interlock with each other and welding the individual endfillet member on one of the free side edges of the sink and welding thefree edge of the draining board on the remaining free side edge of thesink.

A method of constructing an integral metalsinkanddrainingboardimitcomprisingaselfcontained sink and twodrainingboards sur-' edges on said sink and draining boards of such Iconfiguration as to engage and partially interlock with each other, andwelding the free edge ofeachdrainingboardtoafreesideedgeofthe 5. Amethod of constructing an integral sink and draining board unitcomprising at least one draining board and two self-contained sinksbounded by a continuous fillet, which comprises the steps of formingrectangular self-contained sinks with fillet memgers integral therewithon the front and back edges thereof, forming draining boards withfilletmembers integral therewith around three sides thereof, forminghidividual end fillet members similar to said fillet members, providingedges on said sinks, draining boards, and fillet members of suchconfiguration as to engage and partially interlock with each other,welding together the ends of the fillet members integral with the twothe edges of a narrow strip of metal to'the adjacent side edges of thetwo sinks, and "welding the free edge of at least one draining board toa freesideedgeofasink."

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soasto formapartia'llyenclosed channel.

7.Anintegralmetalsinkanddrainingboard unit surrounded by a continuousfillet and built up of a number of parts welded together'which at leastone self-contained sink and at least one board each provided a withedges of such configuration as to engage and par interlock withcorresponding edges of an part and with fillet members disposed thecaseofasink'onthefrontandbackedges thereof in the case of a drainingboard sides thereof, the ends of the fillet on. the front and back edgesofthesink-being arrangedtoextend beyondtheside'edgesofthesinkandbeingarrangedto terl'ock with the free ends of thefillet member around the three sides of a draining metal" sinkanddraining board unit surrounded by a continuous fillet and built up of anumber of welded together which comprise at least one self-containedsink having rounded corners and at least one draining board. providedwith edges of such configuration as engage and interlock withcorresponding'edgesof anadiacentpartandwithfilletmer'nbersdisposedinthecaseofasinkontbefrontandbackedgesthereofandhitbecase ofadrainingboardaroundthreesides thereof, the ends of the fillet membersdisposed on the frontandbackedgesofthesinkbeingarranged to extend beyondthe side edges of the sink substantially tangential to the roundedcorners thereof and being arranged to interlock with the free ends ofthe fillet member disposed around threesidesofadrainingboard.

9.Anintegralmetalsinkanddrainingboard unit surrounded by a continuousfillet and built up of a number of parts welded together which compriseat least one self-contained sink having rounded corners and at least onedraining board each provided with edges of such confi uration as toengage and partially interlock with corresponding edges of an adjacentpart and with fillet membersdisposedinthecaseofasinkonthe front and backedges thereof and in the case of a draining board around three sidesthereof, the

ends of the fillet members disposed on the front and back edges of thesink being arranged to extend beyond the side edges of the sinksubstantially tangential to the rounded corners thereof, whilsttheendsofanedge ofadrainingboard arrangedtobesecuredtoanedgeofthesink projectbeyond the ends of a fillet member disposed aroimd three sides of thedrainingboard and are shaped to conform with the rounded corners of thesink so as to interlock therewith.

10. Anintegralmetalsinkanddrainingboard imit surrounded by a continuousfillet and built up of a number of parts welded together which compriseat least one self-contained sink having roimded corners, a drainingboard and an end fillet member each provided with edges of suchconfiguration as to engage and partially interlock with correspondingedges of an adjacent part whilst sinks and draining boards are providedwithfilletmembers disposedinthecase of asink on the front and back edgesthereof and in the caseofadrainingboardaroundthreesidesthereof, the endsof the fillet members disposed on the frontandbackedgesofthesinkbeingarrangcd to extend beyond the side edges of the sinksubstantially tangential to the rounded corners thereof whilst the endsof a vertical wall of the end fillet member curve outwardly from saidmember and are shaped to conform with the rounded edges of the sink soas to interlock therewith.

11. Anintegralmetalsinkanddraining board unit surroimded by a continuousfillet and built up of a number of parts welded together which comprisean apron formed of sheet metal secured aroimd the said parts by weldingthe said apron to the underside of the fillet,v at least oneselfcontained sink and at least one draining board each provided withedges of such configuration as to engage and partially interlock withcorresponding edges of an adjacent part and with filletmembersdisposedin thecaseofasinkonthe front and back edges thereof andin the case of a draining board around three sides thereof, theendsofthefilletmembersdisposcdon thefront and back edgesof the sinkbeing arranged to extend beyond the said edges of the sink and beingarranged to'interlock with the free endsof the fillet member disposedaround the three sides of a draining board.

'. GWEN THOMAS WEBBER.

